New Build... Dosent Restart...?

[USMC2Hard4U]

I never ran into this problem before. I just built my new computer!

Athlon X2 4400+
XP120
ASUS A8NSLI Premium with latest Bios
2GB OCZ DDR400
2x Raptors Raid 0
1x 250GB HDD
EVGA 7800GTX
PCPnC 510SLI
Floppy and DVDRW...


In the windows setup, when it has to restart, it just sits there... all usb activity is dead... so I manually restart it... ok no prob.... finshes setup... in real windows, i chose restart and it stops at "Windows is shutting down" and no restart... Anything I did wrong / need to do? and what would you suggest I do to fix it... I am ready to take the whole damn thing apart to fix this... hopefully I can fix it....

Thanks all

 

[4keatimj]

Sounds like the restart signal is not getting from the software (WIndows) to the hardware. It could well be a motherboard problem... what you have is a computer with no ACPI support, so the hardware doesn't restart when told to by the software. Its like when Win95 first came out, you had to turn it off manually. I've seen old computers where the mobo didn't have ACPI support running XP, and it's funny to see XP telling you to turn off the computer, as I'm so used to doing it myself...

So it looks like a motherboard problem is what you have there, I'm afraid. Does it do anything else wierd?

 

[USMC2Hard4U]

Well this is the newest Mobo on the market lol, I dont know how it wouldnt have ACPI support.

And this is the ONLY problem I have with the computer... everything else is flawless